Direct loading of atoms from a macroscopic quadrupole magnetic trap into a microchip trap

Cheng Jun^{1, 2}, Zhang Jing-fang¹, Xu Xin-ping¹, Zhang Hai-chao^{1, †}, Wang Yu-zhu^{1, ‡}

(color online) The atom cloud in the final QMT is detected by the orthogonal-angle-of-incidence absorption imaging setup: (a) , (b) , (c) . (d) The number of atoms loaded into the chip Z-trap changes with B_xbias1. The solid lines only serve to guide readers.